aufwiegen

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German

Etymology

auf- +‎ wiegen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: auf‧wie‧gen

Verb

aufwiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present wiegt auf, past tense wog auf, past participle aufgewogen, past subjunctive wöge auf, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to outweigh, to offset
    Werden die Vorteile diese enormen Kosten aufwiegen?
    Will the advantages outweigh these huge costs?

Conjugation

Further reading

  • aufwiegen” in Duden online
  • aufwiegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache